Tales to Astonish #90 for Sale - First Appearance of Abomination - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #90
Publication date: April 1967
Key date: 1967-04-00
On-sale date: 1967-01-10
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Abomination - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Emil Blonsky - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Abomination, Emil Blonsky.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Menace of... Byrrah!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Byrrah, Dorma, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Vashti
1	To Be Beaten by Byrrah!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Bill Everett, Marie Severin; inks: Bill Everett, John Tartaglione; letters: Sherigail	Byrrah, Dorma, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Vashti
2	A Batty Barrage of Bombastic Bulletins; Burstin' with Bi-Partisan Banter, Bare-Faced Banality, and Unabashed Bull!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Hulk [Bruce Banner]
3	Check These Groovy Marvel Goodies!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.833	script: Stan Lee
4	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.167	letters: typeset
5	The Abomination!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Sammy Rosen	Abomination First, Bruce Banner, Emil Blonsky First, Hulk, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, The Stranger, Glenn Talbot
6	-	letters page	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane	Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Super-Heroes #45	1974	On eBay ›
The Incredible Hulk Megazine #1	1996	On eBay ›
Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains #[nn] ISBN 0-671-22355-0	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #1 ISBN 0-7851-0712-6	1999	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #3 ISBN 0-7851-2032-7	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #8990 of 101#91 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q65935380 (Emil Blonsky), first-appearance property (CC0)

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